>>pam: now president obama is getting a praise from the republican governor. and picks up an endorsement from the new york mayor bloomberg. >> tonight at 6:00 p.m. the east coast is slowly getting back to normal. after a tropical storm sandy caused a path of destruction across several states. the death toll continues to ride wita rise with 88 people because of this storm. as many as 4.8 million people along the eastern seaboard are without power. there are three. of airports slowly opening but new yorkers are struggling to cope with the aftermath. >> you were in front of me. >> huge jump the line. >> these are nearly 1 mi. long. with storm ravaged new york city. are merely 1 mi. long. just one of the everyday essential sit in a storm ravaged new-york city. >> this guy was left bandaged and pleading over charging as cellphone. >> the city that never sleeps is struggling to find something to eat. >> we have been been distributing thousands of bottle of water and meals in a number of hard hit areas. >> id has been in three days since the storm knocked out the lig